Cuff button



I Dec. 9 1,521,427

L. P. BUISSON CUFF BUTTON Filed Sept. 1923 74 7 7 fi z 74 Fatented Dec. 30, 1924.

UNITED STATES LOUIS P. BUISSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUFF BUTTON.

Application filed September To all iii/20m it may concern.

Be it known that I, LOUIS P. Btnssoiv, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gulf Buttons: and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has for its object the provision of a fastener for cuffs and wristbands of shirt sleeves, which will operate to hold the sleeve at any adjusted position along the arm of the wearer without necessitating the removal of the fastener, or the rolling of the shirt sleeve. or the use of sleeve holding means such as generally employed for securing the sleeve when drawn back upon the arm.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet dif ferent conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a side view of a cuff but-ton embodying the invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view thereof,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure ft of a modification.

Figure l is a sectional view of the modification. and

Figure .3 is a detail view showing the ap- Jlication o l the invention, the dotted lines indicating different adjusted positions of the sleeve when drawn back upon the arm.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and desig nated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The cuff button comprises pairs of elements yieldably connected either by means 6, 1923. Serial No. 661,199.

of a metal spring 1, as indicated in Figures 1 and 2, or an elastic, as shown in Figures 3 and 4. .llach pair of elements comprises a front 3 and a back 4, which are connected by means of links 5. The yieldable connection 1, or 2. is attached at its ends to the backs 4 of the pairs of elements and, as indicated in Figure 2, the ends of the spring 1 engage countersunk eyes 6 in the outer faces of the backs '-.-l:. In the arrangen'ient shown in Figures 3 and l, a clip 7 is pro vided upon the outer face of each of the backs l and this clip .is in the nature of a socket which receives the end of the elastic 2. The edge of the socket clip is toothed or serrated and the points of the teeth when bent inwardly bite into the elastic 2 and insure a firm connection. However. it is to be understood that the elastic connection may be of any form and and secured to the elements a in any pre ferred and substantial way.

The cult button is of the link type. the yieldable connection serving to admit of the elements engaged with the cuff or wristband of a shirt sleeve being spread and exerting a drawing force to cause the cuil or wristband to bindingly engage the arm and hold the shirt sleeve in the required adjusted position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 5, without requiring the removal of the fastener and the rolling back of the shirt sleeve, or the employment of an elastic band or other type of sleeve holder generally resorted to for securing the shirt sleeve when drawn back upon the arm.

\Vhat is claimed is:

A cuff button device having two buttons, each button consisting of a front and a back flexibly connected together. attaching means on said backs, and a resilient means engaged at opposite ends by said attaching means independently of their flexible con rection to enable movement of one button as a whole relatively to the other button.

in testimony whereof 1 21th.; my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS P. BUISSON.

\Vitnesses ANNA H. GRETTON, BERNARD F. MoANDLE. 

